The Captains Club Golf & Event Center

Might actually be the worst course around.
Greens are so bad, fairways non existent, bridges are death traps. This is not just an end of season problem.

First time playing this course. It was rumored to be a great new course back in the late 80’s, with a famous golfer designed layout. Fast forward to today, it’s in deteriorating shape. While the layout is decent and the property is nice, the maintenance and upkeep is something to be desired. The cart paths are uneven and bumpy, the tee boxes and sand traps are unkempt, the hole markers (which are large rocks with Raymond Floyd’s likeness engraved on each one) are crumbling and sometimes unreadable. It’s a shame that it has been let go over the years, as it will take big bucks to bring it back to quality condition. I wonder if Ray knows about the condition? But, for the cost to play (GolfNow), it can’t be beat. The greens are in really good shape and run true. It would a good place to have an outing. So, the review is…go enjoy a nice round of golf for a pretty reasonable price.

Should have closed the golf course and did not allow golfers to play. Water all over 18 holes fairways ang greens. Worst condition ever experienced at the Captains Golf Club.

We played Labor Day weekend. The layout is wonderful the staff is extremely polite and friendly. I didn’t give five stars because the blue and white tee boxes were in horrible shape. Curious because the greens and fairways were excellent.
Amenities average because there is a lovely restaurant on the premises but when I in took my group inside for lunch after our round, all they had to offer were hot dogs.

The bar and restaurant were closed because if the worker shortage. The course was a little tore up, but that was more the fault of disrespectful golfers not replacing divots and driving carts through wet areas. It’s a very nice course with plenty of challenges.

I was very disappointed with our round at the Captains club. The driving range was in poor shape, we had to hit well forward of the tees to get any ground to hit from. The tee boxes were rough, the greens had large bare spots. The greens were in good condition.

The pace of play was quite slow, and the ranger attempted to speed things up and was nice.

We saw the drink cart 1 time (actually before the 1st tee) and she was nice but only had Gatorade and water.

At the turn, we went in for a hot dog (1:00 on Sunday afternoon) and they had none (there were frozen still??), so we agreed to a turkey roll which they said would take 5 minutes. After 20 minutes we were informed they didn’t have any tortillas to make the rolls. They agreed to refund our money, but it has not been refunded.

I would stay away from this place. The staff is friendly but general management seems to be lacking. Our worst experiences this year by far.

I made my tee time Friday midday for Saturday am. We arrived 20 minutes before our tee time. The starter was more interested in socializing and cracking jokes and when I could finally get his attention he said they had an outing and they were backed up. He didn’t have us on the list and asked if I booked on GolfNow and said there was a problem with the this service. 20 minutes past our tee time still no idea if we could play, I went to the office and they gave me my money back. . There were 5 foursomes waiting to tee off. He ignored us. Very unfriendly and snooty.. Do not recommend and will not go back.

Heard great things about this course but it was very disappointing. The layout was good and you can tell the course was well built, it's just not taken care of. Being a former greens keeper I would say it's a lack of resources being put into the course and a grounds crew that doesn't know what they're doing or just doesn't care. For starters the course was extremely dry, which is honestly strange considering the amount of rain we've had in the last few weeks. I would say nothing outside of the greens gets any water. The tee boxes were in horrendous condition and very few were actually level. The fairways were very dry, a lot of dead grass and disease. Same goes for the greens. Although they were mostly green, they were in pretty rough shape. They were dry to the point that we were clubbing down because it was so hard to get a ball to stop, even with a wedge. Most of the greens also had disease which appeared to be going unchecked. An example of the crew either not caring or not knowing what they're doing was the green on #6. The green is massive. Yet, the current hole location was cut within 5 feet of two recent hole locations. One them was within 2 feet of the current hole and not replaced correctly. It was bizarre. I haven't seen something that amateur hour in all the rounds of golf I've played. The course just isn't worth what they charge. $50 for a weekend morning isn't that steep but at that price you have to at least water the course and have some level of up keep. Disappointing to see a good layout and foundation go to waste.

Booked the 1:04 pm tee time on GolfNow. Couldn’t beat the price at $9. 00. I breezed through the first nine holes behind another single. The cart path needs repairs starting on the par 3 third hole and ending on the par 5 6th hole. The grounds crew was patching them with gravel after #8. As I said before I was rolling along with no issues until I reached the par 5 at number ten. At that point I ran into a foursome . These guys came out early for their league play to get I an early nine holes, I don’t begrudge them that but, they refused to wave me thru. They spent the next nine holes looking for their wayward balls. In the woods etc. on the greens three of them would walk off when finished while one guy practiced putts. This place needs a Ranger in the worst way. I’ve golfed here on 15 occasions this season and have yet to see a ranger. The pace of play is particularly bad on the back nine with folks from the league acting as if they own the course. Woodfield , you can do better. I like supporting local businesses , but this is ridiculous.

The reviews on here are prolly from bad golfers. The cart paths are beat up drive slow or don't use them not a big deal I never had a cart path ruin my day. The tee boxes are used it's a golf course use a tee they are flat it's all that matters to me. Prolly seen the cart girls 5 or 6 times on a Monday with bad weather cudos to that. As a guy that plays 120 rounds a year the course will be getting more of my money. Only complaint is that for a course that is all about shot placement and really nice layout their was no place to hit the ball to go at pins. all very front or very back. 2 were in middle but right on huge slopes. The one par 3 you could not even see the pin from blue's that is unacceptable at 200yards plus. This course should give us a discounted round for the carnival pin placements lol. Really nice course just be fair with the pins I don't like having to hit pin point shots only to have a 3foot circle to hit my approach to have less then a 20 foot put.

Greens: Excellent
Tees: Choppy
Fairways: Generally excellent, but with some choppy areas
Rough: Generally good, some areas have been allowed to grow and block views toward the green making it difficult to see groups ahead and plan shots.
Cart paths: badly in need of repair - many potholes and broken areas
Bunkers: Sand is in good condition, making them very playable. Patrons tend not to rake, and saw tire tracks in one bunker.
Layout: from the White tees, excellent variety. Course requires hitting targets from the tees on many holes. May be too short for some.

The captain's club is a great layout. Feels like you're playing up north. But the course is in dire need of some care. The tee boxes are atrocious. Divot marks make a difficult to get a comfortable stance. Cart paths are indicative of Michigan roads....all broken up and full of potholes. Greens roll good but are full of unprepared ball marks.
I'd recommend Sugarbush in the area rather than Captain's club.

Course conditions were very dry (as has been the weather). The cart path was worse than most Michigan roads. A lot of challenging holes, but don't go in June the cottonwoods and horseflies are atrocious. Was expecting a nicer course for location and price.

The course is fine, but this place has been plagued with slow play for 25 years. They have rangers, but no one will say anything to the slow players, so they upset everyone else on the golf course. 3 hours to play the front nine. Number 7 tee had 3 groups on it. It would also help if they would mow down some additional areas. The fact you can lose a ball on every hole makes this course terrible for beginners.